Meeting
Abstract Number: 367
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 14-year-old Hispanic female with history of recurrent pancreatitis, hypokalemia and disordered eating presents with diffuse weakness. She was admitted twice in recent months for pancreatitis requiring fluid and electrolyte repletion. She developed disordered eating related to fear of recurrent pancreatitis. She was discharged with oral electrolyte replacement and close follow-up. In the […]
Abstract Number: 722
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 37 -year-old female with a past medical history of obesity status post bariatric surgery and hypothyroidism presented to ED for evaluation of progressive generalized weakness. The patient had a recent couple of hospital admission for recurrent rhabdomyolysis. During the hospitalization, she was found to have elevated creatine kinase (CK) level, hypokalemia, and […]
Abstract Number: 754
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: The patient is a 34 yo female with a history of gastric bypass and recurrent kidney stones who presents with a 1-week history of body pain, lethargy and dyspnea. She reported to the ED with intractable pain for which she was taking 30 tablets of ibuprofen (200 mg) during the day and up […]
Abstract Number: 1122
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: The patient is a 20-year-old male without past medical history. He began to feel depressed about 3 weeks prior to admission, and his dietary intake decreased. Concomitantly, he experienced diarrhea once to twice per day. He noticed pain in both the thighs when waking up the day before the admission. The pain persisted […]